Cheap cell phones with a good camera: 5 “low cost” models to take the best photos

Buying at the lowest price and with the highest quality is usually the near-impossible ideal for all Argentines in these times of high dollars and rampant inflation. And the equation becomes more difficult to solve when it comes to computing devices, which have the 100% of input cost linked to foreign currency.

So, taking a cell phone in your pocket with good camera and cheap it is almost a utopia. But there are so many cell phone models that by following two or three keys you can reach a great choice.

As the evolution of technology makes quality components cheaper and cheaper, developers start integrating them into cheap cellphones. And this is already reflected in the models of between $60,000 and $77,000 which are available in the country.

According to the experts’ view, the lens, the software, the sensor size and the aperture are among the key aspects of a good choice.

But in this category, the lowest that we can recommend when buying, you will have to settle for something less. For this note we select mobile phones with more than one rear camera and the main one not be less than 48 megapixels (deputy).

Besides, they are first sign and, within those brands, we discard their cheaper lines. In short, we are looking for the cheapest in the mid-range. And even if we resign ourselves a bit to the quality of the processor, we find an excellent endowment.

motorola g41

A great option is to choose from models in the already classic Motorola g line, which will be 10 years old in 2023. The g41 comes with four rear cameras: 48MP main, 8MP wide angle, 8MP depth (ideal for portraits) and 2MP macro (close detail). The front camera for selfies isn’t bad at all: it’s 13MP.

The rest of the components of this Motorola mobile accompany, and in some details, surpass the quality of the cameras, such as its storage capacity of 128GB.

It is completed with a display of 6.4 inch FullHD, a Media Tek octa core processor, side fingerprint sensor, 5000 mAh battery and Android 11. There are very few models left on the market (it is no longer in the official brand store). You get it for $61,999 in a single installment or in 3 interest-free installments.

Motorola g22

More recent than the previous one, it comes with four cameras: 50MP main, 8MP wide angle, 2MP depth and 2MP macro. Front is 16. Comes with a Android model superior to the previous one, the 12and a 6.5-inch HD+ screen. Media Tek processor, NFC, good 5000 mAh battery (with USB-C charging) and 128 GB of storage. $64,999.

Xiaomi Redmi 10C

Here we made an exception. Although this Xiaomi only has two rear cameras, 50MP and 2MP, it is compensated by its top brand processor. It is a 2.4GHz octa-core Snapdragon 680. The selfie camera is 5MP. Has a 6.71-inch IPS screen (HD+), facial recognition, fingerprint sensor, 5000 mAh battery and 64 GB of storage. Android 11. $76,999.

Samsung Galaxy A13, 128GB

It comes with a great 50MP main camera. And it lets you expand your viewing angle with a 5MP (F2.2) ultra-wide-angle camera. 2MP depth camera and another 2MP macro. The front is 8MP.

This Samsung model adds a 2.2GHz octa core processor, a 5000mAh battery, 6.6-inch FHD+ Infinity-V display and 128GB of storage and 4GB of RAM. With Android 12 and side fingerprint reader. They sell it in the brand’s official store for $73,999.

Samsung Galaxy A13, 64GB

Here the storage capacity is modest compared to the previous model (64 GB instead of 128) but it gains in price. the cameras are the same (50 the main one, plus 5, 2 and 2; and the front one is also 8MP). The rest of the specs are the same. It is reached at $60,999 in online stores.